ID: 700009678 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009678	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Comrade in Mourning (sculpture (visual works); (Allan Houser, Chiricahua Apache sculptor 1914-1994); 1947; Lawrence (Douglas, Kansas, United States, North and Central ...)

Note: Sculpted to honor Native American students and alumni from Haskell Indian Nations University that died in World War II. The warbonnet and pipe connect Native WWII soldiers to fallen Native warriors in battles against the US. This sculpture is Houser's first foray into stone work and is the first sculptural commission to a Native artist. Commissioned by Haskell, the sculpture has continued to stand at the school since its creation.

Titles:

Comrade in Mourning (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

monuments / memorials (preferred)

Creation Date: 1947

Creator Display:

(Allan Houser, Chiricahua Apache sculptor 1914-1994) [preferred]

sculptors Houser, Allan C. (American sculptor and painter, 1914-1994) [500126841]

Locations:

Current: Creation: Lawrence [7013875] Douglas county (county), Kansas (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: At Haskell Indian Nations University

Display Materials: marble

	Carrara marble [300011576]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, white marble)

Dimensions: Height: about 100 in; Diameter: 44 in

Cultures:

Native American (preferred)

Chiricahua Apache

General Subject:

monuments and memorials (preferred,description)

human figures (description)

Specific Subjects:

	memorials, war [300006957]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, memorials (monuments)) (AAT)

	unknown Native American (Native American cultural designation) [500125242]
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

	World War II [901001492]
	.....((Global historical events, Named Events)) (ICON)

	headdress [300046023]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear) (AAT)

	Native American wearing blanket [300244290]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), clothing, outerwear, wearing blankets, <wearing blankets by origin or style>) (AAT)

	peace pipes [300248076]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by context>, personal equipment, <equipment for smoking and tobacco use>, pipes (smoking equipment)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Comrade in Mourning	........ [VP]
	........ Berlo and Phillips, Native North American Art (2015) 267; accessed 6 March 2020
	........ Bureau of Indian Affairs Museum [online] (2020-) "Comrade in Mourning," accessed 6 March 2020, "Comrade in Mourning,"

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Bureau of Indian Affairs Museum [online] (2020-) accessed 6 March 2020, "Comrade in Mourning,"

....................... Berlo and Phillips, Native North American Art (2015) 267; accessed 6 March 2020

....................... Montiel, The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser (2005) 483, 488; accessed 6 March 2020

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Montiel, The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser (2005) 483, 488; accessed 6 March 2020
	..... Berlo and Phillips, Native North American Art (2015) 267; accessed 6 March 2020
	..... Bureau of Indian Affairs Museum [online] (2020-) accessed 6 March 2020, "Comrade in Mourning,"